Factors promoting and impeding HIV testing among adolescents in juvenile drug court

Juvenile Drug Court Programs

This Bulletin is part of OJJDP’s Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) Best Practices Series. The basic premise underlying the JAIBG program, initially funded in fiscal year 1998, is that young people who violate the law need to be held accountable for their offenses if society is to improve the quality of life in the Nation’s communities. Holding a juvenile offender “accountab...

Measuring Recidivism in a Juvenile Drug Court: Systematic Outcome Study of a Juvenile Drug Court Using Historical Information

ABSTRACT A number of unpublished technical reports claim that drug courts have been more successful than other forms of community supervision in closely supervising drug offenders in the community through frequent monitoring and close supervision, including mandatory frequent drug testing, placing and retaining drug offenders in treatment programs, providing treatment and related services to of...

Exploration of Factors Promoting and Inhibiting Fast Food Consumption among Adolescents

Introduction: In recent years, fast food consumption has increased among adolescents and it has become a concern, a health threat, and a major health problem. There are few studies and evidences about factors promoting and inhibiting the consumption of fast food. This study aimed to identify factors promoting or inhibiting the consumption of fast food among adolescents. Method: This qualitative...

Drug testing in adolescents.

Factors Associated With HIV Testing Among HIV-Positive and HIV- Negative High-Risk Adolescents: The REACH Study

Objective. To describe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing patterns among high-risk, uninfected adolescents and HIV-infected adolescents, and factors associated with testing. Methods. HIV-infected adolescents (N 246) and high-risk, uninfected adolescents (N 141) at 15 sites nationwide were asked about the number of times they were tested for HIV, the type of agency at which testing occur...